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Who Was King Tut? (Who Was-- ?)
Who Was King Tut? (Who Was-- ?)
by Roberta Edwards
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Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of Tut’s treasures is touring major cities... (read more)

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Oh the Glory of It All
Oh the Glory of It All
by Sean Wilsey
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Strangely compelling, Sean Wilsey's bare-all memoir about his terribly eccentric family is as disturbing as it is entertaining. You know those moments in life when you think "this can't be happening"? Wilsey's life seems composed entirely of those... (read more)

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Matisse: Father and Son
Matisse: Father and Son
by John Russell
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The relationship between the great Post-Impressionist artist Henri Matisse and his son, influential art dealer Pierre Matisse, is at the heart of this deftly revealing and moving biography, now in paperback. 96 illustrations, 48 in full color.... (read more)

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Cucumbers Have Thorns and Snakes Love Strawberries
Cucumbers Have Thorns and Snakes Love Strawberries
by Janice E Sullivan
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As a 5 year-old child, Janice could have never known what mayhem and destruction her life would lead her to. Riddled by tragedy and death, she would find herself back in the arms of the man who had taken her virginity at the age of five. A man whose life... (read more)

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Get to the Heart
Get to the Heart
by Barbara Mandrell
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To her millions of fans around the world she is beautiful, blond, and talented. A multifaceted performer whose music strikes a chord of truth. A loving wife and mother whose traditional values and tremendous faith touch the heart. But in September 1984... (read more)

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Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
by Jason Peter
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Hero of the Underground is the riveting New York Times bestseller. I wasnt afraid of death.  How could I be? I lived under deaths shadow every day. When you swallow sixty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a... (read more)

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What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner
What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner
by Emily Yoffe
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"The best dog books are as much about people as they are about dogs, and What the Dog Did is one of the best."--Jon Katz, author of The Dogs of Bedlam Farm Dave Barry meets The Secret Lives of Dogs in Emily Yoffe's funny and insightful look at all things... (read more)

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A Book of Reasons
A Book of Reasons
by John Vernon
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In this "heartwarming tale of brotherly love" (WALL STREET JOURNAL), John Vernon "lifts us high, confronting basic questions about the nature of existence itself and the peculiar objects that sustain this transient life" (Jay Parini). When his reclusive... (read more)

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Running with Angels
Running with Angels
by Pamela H Hansen
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Pamela Hansen shares both her struggles and her success, using the marathon race as a metaphor for facing life's challenges. She candidly discusses the pain of living with obesity and the hopelessness that accompanies it.... (read more)

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The Sign of the Dove: MaryRose's Messages from the Other Side
The Sign of the Dove: MaryRose's Messages from the Other Side
by Maryrose Occhino
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In this illuminating book, psychic MaryRose Occhino offers insights into deciphering psychic signs. As she explains, everyone is given messages; all one needs to do is recognize them, understand synchronicity and coincidence-and surrender to it. She also... (read more)

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The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land
The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land
by Ferenc Mate
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The Máté's arrived in Tuscany in the late 1980s knowing no Italian and with only four weeks to search for the country house of their dreams. On their last night there, after having been chased by wild boars and befriended by a country... (read more)

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The Cat's Got Nothing on Me
The Cat's Got Nothing on Me
by Conrad Boilard
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The Cat's Got Nothing On Me is the true story of one man's quest for survival in the face of cancer, heart attacks, near plane crashes, almost drownings, and much more. Conrad Boilard tells the story of his childhood, his service in World War II, his... (read more)

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When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back
When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back
by Stephen Singular
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Features an all-new chapter for this edition New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless... (read more)

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Memoirs of Madame Roland: A Heroine of the French Revolution
Memoirs of Madame Roland: A Heroine of the French Revolution
by Marie-jeanne P Roland
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This is the first modern English translation of the memoirs of an important French revolutionary figure, who wrote them in 1793 while awaiting execution by the Jacobin-controlled government. Approximately half of the pages concern the author's upbringing... (read more)

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Confession of Saint Patrick :  Letter To Coroticus (98 Edition)
Confession of Saint Patrick : Letter To Coroticus (98 Edition)
by Saint Patrick
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The autobiography of one of the most popular saints in history--now available in a highly accessible translation. Roman Catholic priest John O'Donohue, author of "Anam Cara", provides an insightful Foreword that recreates the unique spirituality of... (read more)

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The Future That Brought Her Here: Memoir of a Call to Awaken
The Future That Brought Her Here: Memoir of a Call to Awaken
by Deborah Denicola
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DeNicola's memoir shows her range of intellectual pursuits and spiritual experiences as she battles an inner war between depressive cynicism and faith and shares her lifelong search to heal the trauma of her father's tragic death when she was a teenager.... (read more)

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Me, Myself, and Them : Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience With Schizophrenia (07 Edition)
Me, Myself, and Them : Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience With Schizophrenia (07 Edition)
by Kurt Snyder
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During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he... (read more)

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Running with Swords
Running with Swords
by Sherraine Mackay
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Prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics, few Canadians - outside fencing circles - knew very much about Sherraine MacKay, but as the countdown to those games began, her name became more and more familiar, and while the world of fencing had been, up to that... (read more)

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Family
Family
by Ian Frazier
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Family tells the story of Ian Frazier's family in America from the early colonial days to the present. Using letters and other family documents, he reconstructs two hundred years of middle class life, visiting small towns his ancestors lived in, reading... (read more)

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Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich (Dell War Series)
Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich (Dell War Series)
by David Kenyo Webster
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David Kenyon Websters memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E... (read more)

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